Telegram-herald., 1887-09-28
The FINE showing


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tans h0ars sta increased latsrsst ses-
sion Of ths STATE Conl-rsnos Nas called o.
Tue sfay forenoon. The secretary report
sao~s - churches osl0nsing - the Nj HI
gan ConiegeBes. With tssEty three others
not aimtlsd 6eSeEa sere admitted a.
Tits session. The total menbefship re-
ported Is 1. 80. bat forty-thres churches
have failed 70 report their membership.
The treasurer report showed the following
n<Irss.
Ans.Ial on had seq II isss n&Iss 90
AAalss rsceiFsd foF rear entlnx sep.
ro.ai. ................... sss 80 o5
Pad oul flTing the yeaE ..... ...--. <'.ssI s.
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immeAslsly after the above reported
sessloa 81 the conference. the State Tract
and Missionary 1ollety Nas callsd 10 order.
fhis society now has membership 81 z0@i
ant received danug the past ear t2t s'i,. Is.
al Of which vas expended during the year
Ia the operations Of the society
The source 81 Oar strsrgth.
The pavilion pulpit was occupied yester-
day siternoou By Elder %. A. Olsen, Who
spoke upou the above subject a. follows.
Text. Lsch. " g. Not Dy might. nor by
I power. olt by my Spirit. saith tie Lord oi
h0sis Man is frsi.gy. His greatness,
I of himself Is utter weakness, nothingnsss.
/ OF ourselves We are nothing. The rights,
/ privileges and blessings that maa formerly
/ enI0ysd have been forfeited. it Is only bv
/ the blessing OF God, aud being connected
/ with Cod that sc can accomplish any work
successfully. Again in Chron. VI. g, se
resd The eyes of the Lord run 70 and
1 fro throughout the whole earth, 70 show
| himself strong IN the behalf OF them whose
/ heart j. perfect toward him." Thus God
reaches out helping hand TO those who
would De his. Before the plan Of salvation
was provided. there was no possible way
| for lost or fallen man 10 escape the Sower
| OF destruction. bu. now there are great op-
I pOrtunities held out 10 Us. God would
connect MS power with our own determin-
atoms. as shown by the text last quoted.
Ii man wants TO go 10 destruction he can
DO 80 voluntarily; and II he wants 20 set
his face toward Gods way. God will Co
operate with him 70 the securing Of his sal
| vafiOn
It becomes very necessary that we have
| right IDEAS of Gods purposes pertaining 10
| Us, that we have right conceptions con
cerning the plan OF salvation. When We
| take hold of this work We are sure to
become closely connected with the best
work that man can engage in. We may
| do so. and thereby exercise true faith. We
ever show by our works Just how FAR our
faith will go. Faith must lead out and
works follow after.
Our text refers especially TO the children
| Of Israel. They were repeatedly tried. IN
| order TO see what kind OF characters they
/ wO1ld develop. Bat very few of them
| stood the test and nearly all fell in the
| wilderness. Even after they were once
settled in Palestine, and apparently IN
| prosperous circumstances, they were car
| ried into Baoylonish captivity, and Jerusa-
lem lay In ruins. They had not yet learned
the lesson of obedience. They became
| proud and thought themselves rich and
| prosperous and their hearts were exalted
| in pride. The Lord allowed them 10 bs
| humb!ed to teach them the truth OF ths
| text Or, IN other words. that they mus
get hold of the Spirit OF God, must connec
with heaven or they would certainly fail
II is just the same in our day as II was 10
Olden time The text Is Just as true today
as it ever was. The only way 10 do tn,
work OF God now; the only way 10 NEE
Gods requirements IS by putting our trus
In him We can do nothing OF ourselves
There IS power and might in God. aud /
we are connected with him We are able e
succeed. our strength must be connected
by faith with the living God.
When the children Of Israel did finally
and inliy determine 10 obey the Lord ans
take him as their strength, ne came at one,
20 their rescue.
We need to get hold OF the spirit Of th.
psalm Of salvation. for that is the true mis-
siOnsry spirit and Christ was the creates
missionary that ever lived.
/ Those who relate themselves rightly 4
Gods plan Of work for the salvation @
poor human beings will be helped mightil,
oy him. Reflect for a moment upon tn
work Of oar Savior; how he became SUB
lect 10 humanity, to frailty, 20 suffering
ignominy and death; and all in harmony
With the will Of his Father, and We se
+ that his Father gIoriouslY worked in hi
/ behalf. His Father did not forget him
| This should teach Us what a wonderful
power we may have when connected will
God. We may learn this lesson in a forci
Die manner from Joshua. he had might,
|. power 10 prevail with God because he pa
himself in harmony with God.
lt should De 80 with 3. ID. Adventists. A
Ne cast backward glance We can see whs
. very feeble beginning this work had, an
that II is comparatively but a few year
since it rose in sucn feebleness. The pros
pect was dark and gloomy. The faith ws
Cns that must meet With The bittersst oppo
sitlon and as We trY to place ourselves h
the place Of those early pioneers We Cs
readily conclude that the outlook mus
have been indeed disc0araging. And
thev had looked 20 their own powers "a
wisdom 10 push the work forward thei
hearts must hare failed them. Bet the
trusted IN a higher power. they lesrBsd th
! truth 0f our text. and tied worked mightli
through them. and re see most sarpsisin
results This very camp UsetinE is q mos
( emphatic testimony Of Shs manner i
Which God mas helped those whose hear
have beef in this cause. What We nee
today more than sny other thing e NOR
complete consecrati0n " God. more cou
piete trust in him. greater sinking ont Z
self and a more firm reliance upon Gof
May God graat that We may beC0m
more fully connected with oar hsaveni.
| Father There alone Is car safety. "
must fall upon the Rock Jesus Christ II y
would ba strengthened. on. let us upo
this camp ground gst ourselves where &c
can eoFa ipr and through us. iet e mos
/ f8iiv realize that il - not by might nor b
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